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John Hasler
Jan 26, 2021, 10:08:21 PM1/26/21
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Our oldest boarder Disco (37 this year) seems to be going deaf.
Fortunately he's a calm old guy but it probably means that he will have
to stay in his private paddock and not go out with the herd this summer.
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John Hasler Boarding
jo...@dancinghorsehill.com
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
Fortunately he's a calm old guy but it probably means that he will have
to stay in his private paddock and not go out with the herd this summer.
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John Hasler Boarding
jo...@dancinghorsehill.com
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI USA
John Hasler
Jan 27, 2021, 5:08:48 PM1/27/21
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We put Disco in a private paddock for the winter because he can't chew
hay and so needs his mash three times a day. He also needs access to a
stall in the cold weather.
Before we pulled him out of the herd this fall he was starting to get
bitten up a bit by a few of the younger mares. Before this year he has
always managed to get along quite well in the herd: I suspect that his
deafness was causing him to miss some cues.
He'll have some grass to gnaw on in the pony pen (he can't really chew
it) and he'll have Fred our retired stallion next door for company.
I think a deaf horse will be much easier to manage than a blind one
(something I've done several times).
hay and so needs his mash three times a day. He also needs access to a
stall in the cold weather.
Before we pulled him out of the herd this fall he was starting to get
bitten up a bit by a few of the younger mares. Before this year he has
always managed to get along quite well in the herd: I suspect that his
deafness was causing him to miss some cues.
He'll have some grass to gnaw on in the pony pen (he can't really chew
it) and he'll have Fred our retired stallion next door for company.
I think a deaf horse will be much easier to manage than a blind one
(something I've done several times).
John Hasler
Oct 22, 2021, 8:08:04 PM10/22/21
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Disco was put down day before yesterday and buried out in the jump
field. He was 36, deaf, and beginning to have a bit of trouble getting
around. Last year he developed stringhalt when the weather got cold.
Blanketing largely cleared it up but it looked as if it was going to be
worse this winter.
Fred misses him.
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John Hasler
field. He was 36, deaf, and beginning to have a bit of trouble getting
around. Last year he developed stringhalt when the weather got cold.
Blanketing largely cleared it up but it looked as if it was going to be
worse this winter.
Fred misses him.
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John Hasler
Casey S.
Nov 27, 2021, 4:17:36 AM11/27/21
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What a great long life he had, though!
John Hasler
Nov 27, 2021, 9:08:15 AM11/27/21
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Casey writes:
> So sorry for your loss, it is never easy! I lost two this year,
> myself. That's the hardest part of owning animals!es: So sorry for
> So sorry for your loss, it is never easy! I lost two this year,
> your loss, it is never easy! I lost two this year, myself. That's the
> hardest part of owning animals!
In over thirty years of boarding (including many retirees), training,
> hardest part of owning animals!
lessons, and breeding I've been through it many times. You never really
get used to it, though.
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